Originally Posted by jfmckenna
yes use the brake pads. I also used to rest a pencil on the chain stay pointing to the rim and spin the wheel to find the wobbles. Of course now I have an 'over rated' truing stand and it takes the guess work out of everything.
jfmckenna's got the idea. I learned the pencil trick just a couple of weeks ago. I'll try to post a pic later tonight. PM if you don't see it tonight. It's a real handy trick.
Like BT, my home trued wheels seem to be as true as anything at the LBS. The only disadvantage (I can think of) of not having a truing stand is that it takes quite a bit more time to get things right. Works fine though, if you're patient.